Bosnia-Herzegovinan
English
Etymology
From Bosnia-Herzegovina + -an.
Adjective
Bosnia-Herzegovinan (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovinian.
- 1992 May 21, William Safire, “Essay; Punish the Serbs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- A Bosnia-Herzegovinan official -- this year's Haile Selassie -- says that if the world intervened to escort relief to starving, persecuted Kurds, why not Bosnians? "We are real people, too."
- 2004 June 3, Ari LaVaux, “Married to the Hmong”, in Eugene Weekly, Eugene, Ore.: What’s Happening Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 3:
- Indeed, dear reader, leavened hamburgers. “And,” said Jasenka, a Bosnian Muslim, “there is also the secret weapon.” At which point, Veljko, a Serbian Serb, placed a bag of Vegeta on the counter in front of me. “Its’[sic] like Mrs. Dash,” he said, “but way better.” I inspected the bag, noting that this Serbian/Bosnia-Herzegovinan specialty is made in Croatia. It has carrot, celery, and onion powder; salt, pepper, and MSG.
- 2021 July 12, Bill Gardner, Tony Diver, Izzy Lyons, Lizzie Roberts, “England star accuses Priti Patel of 'stoking fire' of racism”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 July 2021:
- One user, with Turkish and Bosnia-Herzegovinan flags in their profile, posted monkey emojis, while another from an account by a user who used their full name and described themselves as a "teaching assistant" posted a string of orangutan emojis.
Noun
Bosnia-Herzegovinan (plural Bosnia-Herzegovinans)
- Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovinian.
- 2003, Michael Ignatieff, “The Bridge Builder”, in Empire Lite: Nation-building in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, Toronto, Ont.: Penguin Canada, →ISBN, page 36:
- A couple of years ago, the Bosnian parliament spent a week debating whether the front page of the passport that all Bosnia-Herzegovinans carry should list the ethnic entity they come from, and if so, how high the lettering for that line should be.
- 2013, Michel S. Laguerre, “Croatia: Diaspora Parliamentary Representation”, in Parliament and Diaspora in Europe (Europe in Translation: The NYU European Studies Series), New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 79:
- The ideal formulated above provides the larger framework for understanding the ways of the transnational parliament. Its spatial shape varies, with some communities better represented than others as a result of size, wealth, or proximity to the homeland territory. The transnational Croatian parliament presents a singular case, differing from Italy and France in that Bosnia-Herzegovinans constitute the totality of diaspora representatives, while the EU and North America house a large Croatian diaspora but remain completely absent from Parliament.
- 2014 June 25, Alan Tyers, “Bosnia-Herzegovina v Iran, World Cup 2014: as it happened”, in The Daily Telegraph[2], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2014:
- Who do you fancy for this megaclash? Any Iranians in? Or Bosnia-Herzegovinans? Have you gotten over England yet? What should be done about Luis Suarez? Who is going to win the World Cup?